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Ryan Calo
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I am a law professor and information scientist at the University of Washington. I have a book coming out next year about law and technology that I hope you read. 💙

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Ryan Calo is an American legal scholar, internationally recognized within the fields of emerging technology, especially privacy, robotics, and artificial intelligence. He is a co-founder of the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab and the Center for an Informed Public which focuses on combating misinformation. .. more

Political science 27%
Computer science 24%
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Kyra Wilson @kyrawilson.bsky.social · 11h
Thanks to @uwnews.uw.edu for covering my + @aylincaliskan.bsky.social's recent work published at AIES 2025! www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...
People mirror AI systems’ hiring biases, study finds
In a new UW study, 528 participants worked with simulated AI systems to select job candidates. The researchers simulated different levels of racial biases for resumes from white, Black, Hispanic and.....
www.washington.edu

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 3d
It's sporadic! I'll try to post about it

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 3d
First time holding my book 🥹 Thanks UCLA!

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Kaitlyn Zhou @kaitlynzhou.bsky.social · 4d
No better time to start learning about that #AI thing everyone's talking about...

📢 I'm recruiting PhD students in Computer Science or Information Science @cornellbowers.bsky.social!

If you're interested, apply to either department (yes, either program!) and list me as a potential advisor!
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 6d
NEARLY A MILLION NEW YORKERS TO REPORTEDLY FLEE NYC AS MAMDANI BECOMES MAYOR — POSSIBLY IGNITING MASS EXODUS, PER NYP

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 6d
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.

can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 8d
🙏

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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 8d
If you're at all interested in the direction technology is taking us legally, politically, economically, or socially, I urge you to listen to this @techpolicypress.bsky.social podcast from @justinhendrix.bsky.social talks to @rcalo.bsky.social about his new book:

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Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology
Podcast Episode · The Tech Policy Press Podcast · 10/26/2025 · 36m
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 10d
Come work on civic tech at our excellent Evans School of Public Policy apply.interfolio.com/175411
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 10d
This is something you should watch. Alessandro’s work on the economics of privacy is unmatched.

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 10d
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alessandroacquisti.bsky.social @alessandroacquisti.bsky.social · 10d
Recording is now available: youtu.be/jLhJmgd0uPg?.... Thank you @daniel-solove.bsky.social ky.social‬, always a pleasure.
The Economics of Privacy
YouTube video by Solove on Tech
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 12d
DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

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Stanford CIS @stanfordcis.bsky.social · 12d
CIS Affiliate @rcalo.bsky.social argues law should proactively shape tech rather than just react to it. His book proposes a methodical approach: define tech carefully, assess impacts, analyze legal implications, and recommend solutions www.techpolicy.press/ryan-calo-wa...
Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology | TechPolicy.Press
Calo is the author of Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, published by Oxford University Press.
www.techpolicy.press

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 14d
Amazing

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 15d
Podcast! In his new book, Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, Ryan Calo argues that if the purpose of technology is to expand human capabilities and affordances, the purpose of law is to establish the expectations, incentives, and boundaries that guide that expansion toward human flourishing.
Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology | TechPolicy.Press
Calo is the author of Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, published by Oxford University Press.
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Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society @torontosri.bsky.social · 16d
🖥️ Video of @rcalo.bsky.social's SRI Seminar Series talk is now online.

In “Law and technology: A methodical approach”, Calo explores how law can navigate the unique challenges posed by technology.

📼 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFX1...
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 17d
Amish mattresses resilient against AWS outage ai-humanist.beehiiv.com/p/consider-t...
Consider the Amish mattress
As tech-tied products produce indentured consumers, there's growing value in objects unlinked to the datastream.
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 18d
The hypocrisy of the Biden weaponization narrative in the face of overt censorship by Trump is staggering.

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 18d
Senate Republicans are holding a second hearing on alleged Biden censorship of speech entitled “Shut Your App” days after DOJ made Apple remove an app designed to report the public whereabouts of law enforcement. 🙃

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18d
New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...
www.404media.co

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 19d
Meta Platforms is cutting about 600 jobs in its AI division, according to an internal memo that was viewed by The Wall Street Journal and a person familiar with the matter.
Meta Cuts 600 in AI Division
The job cuts will affect legacy teams but not the company’s new TBD Lab unit.
on.wsj.com

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 19d
For this week’s podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Cybersecurity for Democracy’s Laura Edelson and Arturo Béjar, a whistleblower and safety advocate, about their report, “Teen Accounts, Broken Promises: How Instagram is Failing to Protect Minors.”
Evaluating Instagram's Promises to Protect Teens | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Laura Edelson and Arturo Béjar, two authors of a report titled "Teen Accounts, Broken Promises: How Instagram is Failing to Protect Minors."
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Lauren Goode @laurengoode.bsky.social · 21d
NEW, from me and @makenakelly.bsky.social: The FTC is disappearing blog posts about AI that were written during Lina Khan’s tenure as FTC chair www.wired.com/story/ftc-re...
The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khan’s Tenure
The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.
www.wired.com

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Stanford CIS @stanfordcis.bsky.social · 21d
Privacy defies single definition per debate between @daniel-solove.bsky.social's taxonomy view & @rcalo.bsky.social /Angel's critique. Privacy pros face uncertainty in roles/budgets. Impact matters more than definitions. By @chuckcosson.bsky.social
Defining privacy — An academic debate that's not just academic
REI's Chuck Cosson explores the debate among privacy academics on just what "privacy" means.
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 22d
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only

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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 23d
Dartmouth is OUT! Thank goodness... a friend at U of A and I have been playing "Who will be the last of the 9 standing?" and it's not gonna be us!
Dear Secretary McMahon, Ms. Mailman, and Mr. Haley, I appreciated the opportunity to speak with you yesterday. I welcome further engagement around how we can (a) enhance the long-standing partnership between the federal government and this country's leading research universities and (b) ensure that higher education stays focused on academic excellence. As I shared on the call, I do not believe that the involvement of the government through a compact--whether it is a Republican- or Democratic-led White House- is the right way to focus America's leading colleges and universities on their teaching and research mission. Our universities have a responsibility to set our own academic and institutional policies, guided by our mission and values, our commitment to free expression, and our obligations under the law. Staying true to this responsibility is what will help American higher education build bipartisan public trust and continue to uphold its place as the envy of the world. We remain open to other ways to work with the federal government to enhance higher education. Best, Sian Leah Beilock President

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Tech Policy Lab @techpolicylab.bsky.social · 24d
Please join the Tech Policy Lab & Society + Technology on Thursday, October 23rd for a book salon featuring 3 new books authored by 3 @uofwa.bsky.social faculty members (@rcalo.bsky.social, @katharinareinecke.bsky.social, @leahcecc.bsky.social).

Register Here: techpolicylab.uw.edu/events/event...

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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 25d
So happy so see Martin Holohan of Trinity College, Dublin pen a terrific (and very positive!) review of Robot Law II, the book I edited with @rcalo.bsky.social and @kristenthomasen.bsky.social. Thank you! scholar.google.com/scholar_url?...
Get your copy here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/rob...
Screenshot of intro Screenshot of summary of Chapter 7's "disconcertingly persuasive" argument and its "apt solution" by Froomkin, Kerr & Pineau. Screenshot of conclusion, praising our "human-centric" approach.